well in the green with chinese energy majors and banks leading the gains. elsewhere the nikkei also finished higher helped by utilities and financials. but sharp shares slipped nearly 4% despite reports on a financial life line from its major lender. some units tanked following the parent company bankruptcy filing. bank and miners helped the australian markets end a three day losing streak closing higher by half a%. and the sensex trading along the flat line at the moment. back to you. >> thanks very much. pippa, it's almost a battle of markets this morning between spain and china, between kind of the macro europe uncertainties we were just talking about in the sense that policymakers whether do more. but there's the sense that it's just not enough. >> we are seeing in emerging markets, workers are saying i need to get paid a lot more. and if you don't pay me more, i'm going to protest one way or another. so foxconn had to basically shut down operations because they're all protesting, rioting. now, they're getting 25% wage hikes. but it's not enough given the pace at which food and
